The proposed amendments to the reporting of health care-associated infection (HAI) and preventable adverse events are published in the April 25 Texas Register. The amendments are necessary to comply with HB 3285 (83th R) and would make the following changes:
- An amendment to §200.2 clarifies that facilities shall submit health care-associated infections death data, including whether the HAI contributed to a patient's death, as specified in §§200.3, 200.4, 200.6 and 200.7.
- An amendment to §200.3 describes how facilities shall report health care-associated infections contributing to a patient's death.
- An amendment to §200.4 will include facilities to report deaths from health care-associated infections as an event to report.
- An amendment to §200.6 defines when to initiate reporting of death data and also to report whether an HAI contributed to the death of a patient.
- An amendment to §200.7 lists the schedule of when to report death data.
- An amendment to §200.8 lists the schedule of when to report corrections of death data previously submitted.
